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TVL Illustration NCII – Grade 11
Quarter 2 – Module 5: Drawing in Proportion (Triangular Grid Method)
First Edition, 2020

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 Illustration
Quarter 2
DRAWING IN PROPORTION
Module
5 (Triangular Grid Method)

T E C H N I C A L VO C A T I O N A L L I V E L I H O O D
Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the Illustration 11 Self-Learning Module on Drawing in Proportion

(Triangular Grid Method)!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
 For the Learner:

Welcome to the Illustration 11 Self-Learning Module on Drawing in Proportion

(Triangular Grid Method)!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS

After completing this lesson, the student should be able to:

A. Enumerate the ways of achieving good proportion and how to use triangular
grid method;

B. Discuss the similarity and difference of triangular grid method and the
traditional grid method;

C. Layout accurate proportions of figures and objects through triangular grid

method.

PRETEST

Direction: Write TRUE if the statement below is true and FALSE if it tells otherwise.
Write your answer on the space provided before the number.

________1. Good proportion promotes the existence of other principles of design, such
as balance, unity, and harmony in your illustrations.

________2. A good visual relationship is created in composition when a subject

element can be recognized without anything to compare it against with.

________3. There are times when exaggeration of proportion is used by the artist to
convey a message.

________4. When there is harmony in your artwork, the individual elements will not
be competing for the viewers’ attention.

________5. The triangular grid method is used the same way as the regular grid
method.
 RECAP
Let’s have a quick review of how much you have learned from our last module
“Drawing in Proportion (Grid Method)”

Identification. Fill in the missing terms and concepts to complete the following
statement. Write your answer on the space provided below.

1. ________________ created a device with a wooden frame that has black threads for
grids and has a vertical post to position the viewer in front of a city scene.
2. _____________ technique is a method of drawing or placing lines over your reference
image, these grids are of equal ratio to the grids in your drawing surface
3. In _____________ Renaissance artist Albrecht Durer improve Alberti’s idea by using
a glass and tracing the lines on it.
4. ____________________is the relativity of the size of a figure or object to the other
elements in the whole composition
5. ________________ proportion refers to the suitable height, width, and depth
compared to the figure or object’s surrounding.

LESSON

DRAWING IN PROPORTION
(Triangular Grid Method)

So far, we already have a piece of in-depth knowledge about proportion and

how vital its presence in an artwork. It helps promote the comparative harmonious
relation of the subjects in composition, particularly on the quantity, size, ratio, or
color. This visual relation of harmony is achieved when accurate proportions exist
in an artwork. Good proportion promotes the existence of other principles of design,
such as balance, unity, and harmony in your illustrations. For today’s lesson, we
will indulge in another proportion method and some techniques on how to achieve
good proportions. Let’s begin…

Good Proportion
A good visual relationship is created in composition when two or more subject
elements are put together. A subject alone will give the viewer a hard time to
determine its scale and proportion because there is nothing to compare it with
(image A).
 Now if you add a background (image B) to the subject, it will be a lot easier to
tell the scale and distance of your subject through the overlapping of the elements
in a composition. As mentioned earlier proportion creates a harmonious relationship
between subject elements and background in an illustration.

Image A

Image B

Usually, the comparison of the composition elements is made between the:

1. Space and distance between them (a);
2. Height, width, and depth of one element to another (b);
3. Sizes of the area (c);
4. and the actual scale of one element to another (d).

a. https://bit.ly/2HyzIEA b. http://fav.me/d51r6f0

c. By Lev Lagorio - www.allartclassic.com, d. By Juan Luna - Reproduction from art book,

Public Domain, https://bit.ly/340Pf7B Public Domain, https://bit.ly/366FtU2

Proportions usually go unnoticed until something is out proportion. An example

is when a head is larger than the rest of the body, we can safely say that the
illustration is out of proportion. Although there are times when exaggeration of
proportion is used by the artist to convey a message.
 Bubblehead may give an impression that the image is comical, or the hand
holding the world that is often seen in poster makings. The scales and proportions
in these illustrations are out of the ordinary but an effective style of conveying the
artist’s idea.

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incontext.com/2013_0
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To achieve good proportions in your illustrations, you can follow the steps
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1. Organize and arrange illustration elements with .com/among-us/
similar characteristics or some common features.
2. Create areas with minor and major design to
produce harmony between them. You can follow the
Golden ratio do plan out these areas in your illustration http://fav.me/d24e1fl
or just plan it out to prevent monotonous or boring
design.
3. The visual relationship between illustration elements
should not perceive a standard mathematical
relationship, instead, there should be a subtle relation
to creating a dynamic design.
4. Create harmony in your composition. Harmony in an
artwork refers to the design element’s pleasing
combination with each other, or how they reinforce each
element to relate the artwork with the artist’s intention.
Remember when there is harmony in your artwork, the
individual elements will not be competing for the viewers’
attention. http://fav.me/darlc12

J. Luna: Spoliarium. 1884. National

Museum of the Philippines.
https://www.investigart.com/2016/09/06/
pintores-en-el-ostracismo-la-escuela-
hispano-filipina-del-s-xix/
 Techniques in Proportional Drawing

• Triangular Grid Method. Or much better termed as Van Gogh’s Perspective

Frame. In his letter to his brother Theo Van Gogh in August 1882, Van Gogh
expressed his delight in owning his first perspective frame. The most fascinating
thing in his letters is how he enthusiastically explained and illustrated his
perspective tool, and even drew himself using it in the dunes at Scheveningen (Skhey-
vuh n-ing- un). You can check this link
http://vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/let253/letter.html to read his letter about the
perspective frame to his brother Theo Van Gogh.

Von Vincent van Gogh - http://art- By Vincent van Gogh - http://art-

landscape.blogspot.com/2010/01/van- landscape.blogspot.com/2010/01/van-goghs-perspective-
goghs-perspective-frame.html, Gemeinfrei frame.html, Public Domain,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15998438

The triangular grid method is used the same way as the regular grid method,
but instead of using squares to divide the subject into small pieces, we use triangles.
The advantage of using this method is that you use lesser lines or grids on the
reference and the drawing surface but requires more skills from the artist.

How it is done:

1. Start with your reference image, protecting it

over if needed. You can cover it with a clear
sheet to draw grids on, without damaging the
reference image.
2. Draw diagonal lines from the upper corner to
the lower corner of your reference image. If your
reference image is not a perfect square or
rectangle, draw a square or rectangle around it so you’ll have
an idea where to begin your diagonal grids.
3. Draw horizontal and vertical lines to finally divide the
reference into quarters and all your lines intersect at the
center.
4. Do the same grids in your drawing surface. Like the
traditional grid method, you can also scale up or down your
transfer grids depending on your preference.
5. Start transferring the details from the reference image to
your drawing surface, you can do it manually or by using a
compass or a proportional divider.
Remember that the end of the compass or a proportional
divider is positioned at the center of the grid then mark
all necessary details crossing the grid lines.

6. Connect all markings you made and apply details to

give volume and depth to your illustration.

For life illustrations, you can devise a viewfinder like

Van Gogh’s perspective frame or an exact replica of it for
larger-scale illustration on canvass. Instead of using a
compass, you must study and transfer the life details in
your drawing surface.
https://cataform.wordpress.com/2012/10/0
7/perspective-frame-becoming-van-gogh-at-
dam/

ACTIVITIES

Activity A. Use the triangular grid method to accurately transfer the image below.
Apply proper art details to give volume and depth to your illustration.

By Johannes Vermeer - Copied from Mauritshuis website, resampled and uploaded by

Crisco 1492 (talk · contribs), October 2014[4], Public Domain,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36351343
Activity B. In your sketch pad, paste a reference image that you want to illustrate.
Using the triangular grid method, transfer the reference image to your drawing
surface observing accurate proportions. Then apply proper art details to give volume
and depth to your illustration.

Rubric in Assessing Performance output

Criteria Percentage Score

Observed accurate proportions 40%
Creativity and compliance to the 40%
drawing method
Neatness 20%
Remarks:

WRAP-UP

Let’s summarize your understanding from this module by listing down the
concepts you have learned. Provide a short description for each concept you’ll be
writing about Drawing in Proportion (Triangular Grid Method).

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 VALUING

SHORT ESSAY:
Based on your experience in using the traditional grid and the triangular grid
method, how will you compare these techniques? What are their similarity and
differences?
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Between the traditional grid method and the triangular grid method,
which of the two will you likely to use in your future illustrations? Why?
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POSTTEST

Identification. Fill in the missing terms and concepts to complete the following
statement. Write your answer on the space provided below.

1. The Triangular Grid Method is also termed as Van Gogh’s _____________________.

2. The ________________ of scales and proportion in an illustration will not always

mean bad proportion, it can be used by an artist to convey a message.

3. ______________reinforce each element to relate the artwork with the artist’s

intention in an illustration.

4. The visual relationship between illustration elements should not perceive a

standard ______________ relationship.

5. The comparison of the composition elements are made between the _________ and
distance between them.
 KEY TO CORRECTION

PRE-TEST RECAP
1. TRUE 1. LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI
2. FALSE 2. GRID
3. TRUE 3. 1525
4. TRUE 4. PROPORTION
5. TRUE 5. STANDARD

POSTTEST
1. PERSPECTIVE FRAME
2. EXAGERRATION
3. HARMONY
4. MATHEMATICAL
5. SPACE

References
Mends, Deborah. “Grid Drawing Methods.” Deborah Mends How To Draw Journey.
Accessed September 25, 2020. http://www.howtodrawjourney.com/grid-
drawing.html.

Moodle Group Public Hub. “COM1005 Learn EveryWare.” Accessed September 25,
2020. http://hub.rockyview.ab.ca/mod/book/view.php?id=2706.

VanGoghReproductions.com. “Vincent Van Gogh's Perspective Frame.” Vincent van

Gogh Paintings Project - Art techniques - Painted reproductions. Accessed
September 25, 2020. http://www.vangoghreproductions.com/art-
techniques/perspective-frame.html.